The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-09

in the week that a riot had occurred on
Monday at a public barbecue, held near Lit
tie Spirit creek on the Fourth. Correct par
ticulars could not be obtained unit THUS
day The following are the facts: The bar
becue was served at Mr.. Walters mill
house. During the progress of the festiVl-
ties, angry words were exchanged between
Seaborn Moore, John Butler, and Josiah
Hogan, all employees of the Georgia Cnemi-
cal Works Words came to blows, and pls-
tolls were drawn and fired at random. The
whole neighborhood shook with terror. A
regular stampede from the tables en-
sued. and but for the courage of a couple of
men lives might have been lost. The case
was reported 70 Judge Eve, who sent out an
expert to hunt up the offenders. The diff
cuties in getting at them caused great reti-
ccnce on the part Of the authorities, some of
the parties being notorious characters. They
| will be punished to the full extent of the
law
Samuel II. Rumph, of Marshallville,
Georgia's great peach grower, was i'll Macon
Thursday to have photograph made of his
favorite, liberia. liberia is magnificent
variety of peach now selling in New York
at from 81 to SO per bushel; it is large,
slightly ovoid of a delicate creamy tint,
| flushed with red ON one side, magnificent in
flavor and melts in the mouth. The peach
is not a new one as peaches CO. but seems
| this year TO have reached perfect develop
ment. On one branch, foot and half
| long, which he brought to have
! his new catalogue, We're fine ripe
peaches, and the cluster weighed probably
| ten or twelve pounds. Single peaches that
| had not been crowded were also brought,
and would probably have weighed ten
| ounces each. This splendid peach Is a sprout
| from the old Chinese cling, and with its
cousin, the Belle, likewise produced, bids
| fair to meet with great demand next fall.
Mr.. Rumph has 800 in fruit, and plants
more every year This is his twentieth
year in the business, and he says if there is
better section for peaches than Middle
| Georgia he does not know where it is.
A curious story comes in from South
Macon. A few days ago a small negro boy
| jumped on one of the wagons of Mr.. Jere
Hollis, whose place is about three miles out,
and stopped at the place Mr. Hollis fed
him, and thought that after allowing him to
run about the farm for a day or so he
would send the waif back He noticed,
however, that whenever he mentioned send
ing the boy back to town to his mother the
little fellow would appear to be greatly agi-
tated, and would shudder so terribly that
Mr.. Hollis was curious to find out the cause.
On Wednesday Mr.. Hollis sent the
boy in with his little son Paul,
who, after a long search, found
the mother, who lives in South Ma
con. As soon as the mother laid eyes on
the boy she rushed to him, seized him as if
she wanted to tear him to pieces, and with
a stick administered a fearful beating
While this was going on Paul saw in the
house where two younger children were
chained to the floor When Paul returned
home and reported what he had seen Mr..
Hollis determined to have the matter inves-
tigated and the inhuman woman properly
dealt with. The matter will be laid before
the authorities
jesse r. Griffin, of Carrollton, an ex-COn-
federate soldier, after twenty years of mar
ried life, became the father of his first child,
which was a boy. Jesse remembered the fine
physical appearance of Gen. FitZhugh Lee
and with this remembrance, coupled with
his high regard for Lees character, both as
soldier and civilian, he named his boy
Fitzhugh Lee Griffin. Some time afterward
Griffin communicated this fact to Gov Lee
by letter, sending photograph of his boy,
and asking as sole return photograph
the boy E'' Gov q" Lee promptly ''G responded ID
in the following autograph letter: "Mr. Jesse
R. Griffin, Carrollton, Ga.-Dear Sir: /
have duly received your very kind letter
and with it the picture of Master Fitzhugh
Lee Griffin. Please accept my sincere
thanks for the very kind expressions con-
tanned in your letter, and for the very great
compliment you paid me in naming your
only child after me- | only wish | felt
worthy of what you have been good enough
to say about me. ] have given the picture
place in the Governors house here, and
will always take the liveliest interest in the
future of young Master Griffin. Please pre-
sent him my kindest regards and also the
picture | send herewith. Very truly and
sincerely yours, Fitzhugh Lee"
Much comment is made upon the effort of
certain parties to have the Stone Mountain
| circuit abolished. In a recent number of
the DeKalb Chronicle it was said: We are
| of the opinion, however, that the best thing
| to be done is to hand Clayton county over
| to Flint or some other circuit, and place
| DeKalb back with Fulton, and let Fulton
and Dekalb comprise the Fulton Judicial
| Circuit. In answer to this the Jonesboro
| Netcs of this week SAYS: As to handing
| Clayton over to Flint or some other cir
cult" we will say that the people of Clay
ton have sat down on the idea of
| being "handed over Clayton county
| don't propose to be a convenience any more.
| There is no good reason why the Stone
| Mountain circuit should be abolished or
changed, and its establishment was an act
| of wisdom on the part of the Legislature.
| In the first place the bill creating the circuit
| wisely so arranged it that the Judge of the
Stone Mountain circuit, while not engaged
! in the courts that composed the circuit,
| should hold court in Fulton, assisting the
| Judge of the Atlanta circuit, as the business
| of that circuit is 50 great and increasing
each year that it is impossible to give the
cases that should be brought to trial a hear
| ing; and even now, with the assistance of
| the Judge of the Stone Mountain circuit,
we are told the docket is crowded, and
many cases i'll which the rights of the peo-
| pie are concerned cannot be brought to
trial The people of Clayton county want
the circuit continued.
| FLORIDA.
w. A. Merryday, of Paatlla has raised
a watermelon weighing 621s pounds.
The colorsd Baptist church, on Reid
street, Paiatka, is closed in and will soon be
ready for use.